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1 Vennad ja õed, (ma räägin siin inimestele, kes tunnevad seadust), kas te ei näe, et seadusel on volitused kellegi üle ainult siis, kui ta on elus?
Or do you not know, brothers (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a person for as long as he lives?
2 Näiteks abielunaine on seaduse järgi oma abikaasaga seotud sel ajal, kui abikaasa on elus, aga kui mees sureb, siis saab naine vabaks oma seaduslikust kohustusest mehe ees.
For the married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.
3 Seega, kui naine elab teise mehega sel ajal, kui tema abikaasa elab, rikub naine abielu. Aga kui naise mees sureb ja ta abiellub seejärel teise mehega, siis ei ole ta abielurikkumises süüdi.
So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she is called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
4 Samamoodi, mu sõbrad, olete surnud seadusele Kristuse ihu kaudu ning seega kuulute nüüd kellelegi teisele − Kristusele, kes äratati surnuist üles −, et me võiksime elada viljakat elu Jumalale.
Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we may bear fruit to God.
5 Sel ajal kui meid valitses vana olemus, tegutsesid meis patused ihad (nagu nähtub seadusest) ja tõid kaasa surma.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit for death.
6 Aga nüüd oleme seadusest vabastatud ning oleme surnud sellele, mis hoiab meid ahelais, et me saaksime teenida vaimu uudsuses ja mitte seaduse vana kirjatähte.
But now we have been released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
7 Mida me siis järeldame? Et seadus on patt? Muidugi mitte! Ma ei oleks teadnud, mis on patt, kui seadus ei oleks seda määratlenud. Ma ei oleks mõistnud, et teiste inimeste asjade endale tahtmine on vale, kui ei oleks seadust, mis ütleb: „Ära ihalda endale seda, mis kuulub kellelegi teisele.“
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not. However, I would not have known sin, except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness, unless the law had said, "Do not covet."
8 Kuid selle käsu kaudu leidis patt võimaluse õhutada minus igasuguseid isekaid soove, sest ilma seaduseta on patt surnud.
But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
9 Ma elasin, mõistmata, mida seadus tegelikult tähendab, aga kui sain aru käsu tähendusest, ärkas patt taas ellu ja ma surin.
I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died.
10 Ma avastasin, et seesama käsk, mis oli mõeldud elu toomiseks, tõi hoopis surma,
The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;
11 sest patt leidis käsu kaudu mooduse minu petmiseks ja kasutas käsku minu tapmiseks!
for sin, taking the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.
12 Siiski on seadus püha ja käsk püha, õige ja hea.
Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
13 Kas nüüd miski, mis on hea, tapab mind? Muidugi mitte! Kuid patt ilmutab end patuna, kasutades head minu surma põhjustamiseks. Niisiis ilmneb käsu abil, kui halb on patt tegelikult.
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.
14 Me mõistame, et seadus on vaimulik, kuid ma olen liigagi inimlik, patu ori.
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
15 Ma tõesti ei saa aru, mis toimub. Ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha teha, ja ma vihkan seda, mida ma teen!
For I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.
16 Aga kui ma ütlen, et ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha, näitab see, et ma tunnistan, et seadus on hea ja õige.
But if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good.
17 Seega ei ole see enam mina, kes seda teeb, vaid minus elav patt,
So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
18 sest ma tean, et minus ei ole midagi head selles osas, mis puutub minu patusesse inimolemusse. Kuigi ma tahan teha head, ei ole ma selleks võimeline.
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For the desire is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.
19 Head, mida ma teha tahan, ma ei tee; samal ajal halba, mida ma ei taha teha, seda ma just teen!
For the good which I desire, I do not do; but the evil which I do not desire, that I practice.
20 Ometi kui ma teen seda, mida ma ei taha teha, siis ei tee seda mina, vaid minus elav patt.
But if what I do not desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
21 See on põhimõte, mille olen avastanud: kui ma tahan teha seda, mis on hea, on alati olemas ka halb.
I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.
22 Minu sisemisele olemusele valmistab Jumala seadus rõõmu,
For I delight in God's law in my inner being,
23 kuid ma näen enda sees tegutsemas teistsugust seadust, mis on sõjajalal seadusega, mida mu mõistus on otsustanud järgida, ja nii olen ma minu sees oleva patu seaduse vang.
but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
24 Olen äärmiselt õnnetu! Kes päästab mind sellest ihust, mis põhjustab mu surma? Tänu Jumalale, Sest tema teeb seda Jeesuse Kristuse, meie Issanda kaudu!
What a wretched man I am. Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
25 Olukord on selline: kuigi ma ise otsustan mõistusega kuuletuda Jumala seadusele, järgib mu inimloomus patu seadust.
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.
